Improvement in car-couplings



W. VB. BEARD.

Ear-Couplings. Y

Nvo.l4,7,593. PatemedFeb.17.1-74.

UNITED STATES PlrrEN'r OFFICE.

IVALLER B. BEARD, OF LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR OF. ONE-HALF HISRIGHT TO JAMES F. DRAKE, `OF SAME PLACE, AND JAMES G. OWEN,

.OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

IMPROVEMENT IN CAR-COUPLINGS.

Specification formirg part of Letters Patent No. 147,593, dated February17, 18721; application tiled November l, 1873.

To all whom it may concern: i

. Be it known that I, TALLER B. BEARD, o the city of Lexington, in thecounty of Fayette and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and usefulInun'ovenient in Couplings for Railroad-Cars; and I do hereby declarethat thel following is a t'ull, clear, and exact description thereof,which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the saine,reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming l part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in couplings for railroad-cars;and 1t consists 1n the devices'hereinafter more fully described.

The object ot' this my invention is to provide` ment ofthe severalparts. Fig. 3 is a tlat view ofthe couplingflink, showing theslot-opening in the center.

In the drawing, A is the coupling-box, which may be made either of castor wrought iron, and in forni as shown Vin the drawings. B is the catchthat holds the coupling-link.

lt has a central slot for the end of the lever C to enter and operate.lt has also a curved slot on each side, through which a pin or boltpasses to hold it in the niortise in the box, and prevent its movementtoo far either up or down. The lower end of this catch is made with apoint, a., projecting below the shoulder l), or upper catch, so as toenter and pass This couplingcateh is inade curved, and works up and downin a mortlse 1n Jthe draw-head A.

down through the slot-opening in the link, and rest against the`shoulder bl of the box, as shown in the drawing, in order to give addiItional support to the catchpawl, while the shoulder part is lnade toresten the link, and act as an additional catch against the shoul der b2on the top of said link. This last-named catch-pawl is kept in its placeby mea-ns ot' a pin through the box, which works in a slot in the toppart ot' the catch. C is the lever by which the catch is operated. I) isthe lever extending up the end of the car, and E E are the levers foruncoupling the ears 'from the platform, all of which are made of iron,and in forni as shown in the drawing. G is the coupling-link, which ismade with a slot-opening in the center, and with shoulders b2 on oneside at the ends of the opening, in order to prevent the necessity ofraising the link in uncoupling the cars7 which opening is intended to beused as a link to couple cars having the old style of couplings.

Having thus fully described lny invention, what I claini as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the draw-head A, having shoulder bl, andthe linkG, having shoulders b2, of' the curved and slotted coupling-catch B,having shoulder b and extended point a, and the levers C, D, and E E,all con structed to operate substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 24th day ofOctober, 1873.

WALLER B. BEAR-D.

fitnesses z XVILL. B. Bolas, JOHN DaEssEL.

